Dear Sri SoundaraRajan,
Do you want me to contact Madhurai ArangaRajan
swAmi in this / other reagard. Do let me know to seek specific
clarifications from him?
dAsan
vanamamalai padmanabhan
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Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 12:02
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Subject: [ramanuja] Re: [Oppiliappan]
Thiru Arangan Ula- the sojourn of theLord ? 4. The AchAryAs after
NampiLLai
Just to air out the confusion, SrivaishnavAs born in brahmin
families should perform SandhyAvandanam. Apparently, the
period after the "no" in my previous post is overlooked by many.
adiyen. vimalkumar ranganathan <panardasan@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
The
answer to the first question is no. SrivaishnavAs born in Brahmin families
should perform SandhyAvandanam. Delving any deeper into this may lead to a
kalai fight that I am not prepared to kindle. Please realize that this is
the written form of a lecture series, and for more questions you have to
contact Sri Madurai arangarAjan SwAmin(from Madurai), with whom I have
little contact. If you look at the introduction of this series, I would have
written that I have tried to present whatever he said. I cannot speak for
Him.
For the second question, it is to be understood that MadhwAs in
later days were honored, but the system was laid down by rAmAnuja to not
distinguish.
Thanks.
Rajaram Venkataramani
<v_raja_ram@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: I have a couple of
questions.
vimalkumar ranganathan <panardasan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
It was indeed Swami rAmAnujA started the trend. He spread the
branches of Sri Vaishnavism far and wide, accepting disciples from even the
so-called lower castes. Never did he differentiate between two bhAgawathAs
on the basis of caste. He brought people from all castes under the vase
umbrella of Sri Vaishnavism. Those days, lakhs of people thronged Srirangam;
it is unfortunate that this sight can be seen only in a place like
puttaparthi- sign of degeneration of kali!!
The Brahmins in
the SrivaishnavA fold are termed as ?sAthina SrivaishnavAs? and the bhaktAs
from other backgrounds are referred to as, ?sAthadha SrivaishnavAs?. In a
way, it is better to be a sAthAdha Srivaishnava as life can be totally
dedicated to bhagawath-kainkaryam, and there won?t be any worries about
performing SandhyAvandanam, tharpanam, etc.
Does Sri Ramanuja any
where say that one need not perform sandhyavandanam etc.?
Once a
group of vaishnavAs from Andhra approached Swami rAmAnuja; they had immense
desire to perform bhagawath kainkaryam. rAmAnujA accepted them into the
fold. When the naysayer started questioning their castes, Swami rAmAnuja
answered that they belong to the same caste of the nityasUrIs of vaikuntha!!
Swami rAmAnuja honored even the smarthAs (for e.g. the traditional
veena-artistes) in Srirangam, MAdhwAs are given temple responsibilities,
even barbers, cobblers, washer men were all honored in Srirangam, and such
is the greatness of Swami rAmAnujA!!
During Ramanuja's time,
there were no Madhwas. How could he have given position to
Madhwas?
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